About Darren

If you’re looking for a bit of optimism, hope or encouragement, you’ve come to the right place. The Better Life Coaching Blog is written to inspire and motivate us all to greater heights.

My name is Darren Poke, and I’m a husband and father of three from Melbourne, Australia who is passionate about helping you to maximise your potential.

This blog is focused on personal development, leadership, motivating others and careers and I hope that you enjoy this collection of inspiring stories, quotes and anecdotes.

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Thanks for making an investment in the lives of others by taking time to share your thoughts and inspirations. Although I am not a blogger, I have made your blog my home page. I stumbled upon your blog while researching a sermon. God bless!
CT

Recently you commented on my post 8 Tips To Surviving Your Dysfunctional Family During The Holidays. I just wanted to check back and see how your holidays went. Also, I love your site and the positive attitude on it!

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sir, Darren, I’m Kris Lawrence Aringo from Philippines, I love the story of “A packet of Cookies” I used the concept of it in my short film to be passed on our humanities subject, I just changed the setting and events, instead of airport, I used a cafeteria and two students, and instead of cookies, I used rice cake. I hope it is okay for you, Sir?

That sounds like a great film Kris, well done. I certainly don’t mind you making the changes to the story. It’s not an original one of mine and I’ve heard a few different versions anyway. Thanks for sharing.

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Congratulations, and thanks for keeping such a stellar site on coaching and athletics!
If you have any feedback, questions, or just want to chat about coaching, please email me any time.
Cheers,
Beth

Hi Darren. I heard something interesting in church today and wondered if you had written on this topic. I had a look and couldn’t be sure so apologies if you’ve already gone over this one. The comment was, “Don’t be afraid of failure. What you should fear is succeeding at things that don’t really matter.” Thought provoking for me.

Darren, I just read your questions- they were helpful. I wish you well – I agree with you – autopilot is great for planes not so great for people. By the way, why don’t you reverse your comments so the most recent ones are first?

Dear Darren,
I was giving a talk to a group of youth on purpose and loved your story “panning for gold”. I would like to use it, as is, for my 4th book project called “Destiny on Purpose – How to live on purpose and fulfil your destiny in four simple and doable steps” (www.destinyonpurpose.org). I will also be in touch at a later date with a proposal on how we could collaborate on this project. Please let me know if I can use your story, with full atttribution and a link back, and if you would like to receive the proposal once I have fleshed it out. You can reach me on my email.

Thank you and keep up the great work that is surely impacting many lives.

Hi Darren, accidentally found you whilst doing research for my own coaching business. So glad i did, there are so many wise words here I don’t know where to start. So let me start by saying thank you for just being you and for giving the inspiration to keep going. Do you mind if I share some of these words to my clients and or networks, you will always be referenced? Richie